End door for coal cars



Jan. 17, 1928.

. J. RUFFING, SR

END DOOR FOR COAL CARS Filed March 10. 1927 Attorney Patented Jan. 17,was. r 1,656,569

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE;

JOHN RUFFING, 83., OF NOKOMIS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WALTERID. GARDELS, F NOKOMIS, ILLINOIS.

END DOOR FOR COAL CARS.

Application filed March 10, 1927. Serial No. 174,241.

This invention relates to new and useful present end door is associated.In carn improvements in coal cars and has more ing out the presentinvention I bolt, rivet, or particular reference to an end doortherefor, otherwise rigidly secure to the inner surthe invention aimingto provide means for face of the car rear end wall a pair of ver- 5disposition at the rear end of a coal car tically extending spaced anglebars 5-5, to above the upper edge thereof for preventing the upper endsand inner faces of which are the fall of the coal over the rear end ofthe pivoted at 6-6 a pair of similar angle car when the same is being;coupled with. bars 7'?. the lower ends of these bars 77 other or beingdisposed upon a tipple cngagingwithiu the interior of the car being 10which results in the loss of a considerable clearly disclosed in bothviews. Bolted. amount of coal, injury to the workmen, and riveted. orotherwise Secured to the outer the frequent t ing up of the cars byreason sides of the pivotal bars 7-7 at a point of the derailment of thesame which oftenslightly ahovc the upper edge of the rear times occurswhen the coal drops from the end wall of the car A is a board 9, theends cars onto the trackway. of which terminate within the side walls ofA most important object of this invention the car as clearly disclosedin Figure 2. resides in the pro ision of an end door of In order thatthe bars 77 carrying the this character that is extremely simple inboard 9 may be readily swung into the car, construction and that may bereadily applied the lower ends of the hoard attached sides 20 to coalcars now in use without in any manof said bars terminate at the pivotalconner whatever altering the construction ncctions 6-45, while the lowerends of the thereof. pivoted sides of said bar. 77 are rounded,

A still further and important object is to as indicated by the dottedlines in Figure 1. provide an end door of this character that Thus itwill be seen that when the board 9 25 may be readily swung over into thecar if is swung upwardly into position over the such is desired. rearend of the car A the coal within the il ith the foregoing and otherobjects in car will be prevented from falling over the view as thenature of the invention will be rear end thereof regardless of theshocks 7 hotter understood. the same comprises the and jerks in'ipartcdto the same during the 30 novel form,combination and arrangement ofcoupling of the car. and the beginning of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed. movcn'lcnt of the same upon the track *ay. shown in theaccompanying drawing and Having thus described the invcntioin whatclaimed. I claim is:-

In the drawing wherein like reference In a door for rear end walls ofcoal cars 35 characters indicate corresponding parts a pair of angle barmembers rigidly secured. throughout both of the views: to the inner faceof the said car wall termi- Figure 1 is a 'fragn'ientary rear endclehating; at certain cnds at the upper edge of ration of a conventionalcoal car, the rear the wall. a pair of second angle bars; ex end wallthereof being disclosed partially tending at their lower enos into thecar 40 in cross ion and said end wall being con pivotal connectionsbetween the adjacent strncted with a doorin accordance with the flangesof the last mentioned bars and said present invention. and firstmentioned hars and a door hoard rigidly Figure 2 is a transverse sectionthrough secured to the outer sides of said second the rear end of thecar for disclosing my mentioned bars so as to provide an extension 45improved door in inner side elevation. for the rear end of the car whenthe same how having particular reference to the is swung upwardly withrespect thereto. drawing A designates fragmentarily a conln testnuonywhereof I affix mv SlQjllflllUlQ.

ventional mine coal car with which the y JOHN RUFFING, Sn.

